Blog · 6 April 2021
Beryl Bellew is a founding volunteer at the North Liverpool Foodbank. This month, Beryl explains how the Foodbank helps out with more than food. “All users of our Foodbank bring with them a voucher or e-referral reference number. This is provided by any support agency or professional who is supporting them. The voucher provides us
News · 19 March 2021
Liverpool City Council is to limit the practice of converting smaller homes into houses for multiple occupation (HMOs).
Blog · 16 March 2021
Richard Jones is Head of Intelligence and Analytics at Liverpool City Council. He shares with us the history of the National Census and the important reasons we should complete it. There has been a National Census every 10 years (apart from in 1941 for obvious reasons) since 1801, when William Pitt the Younger was Prime
News · 12 March 2021
UNISON members in Liverpool One Stop Shops have agreed proposals that retain a permanent One Stop Shop presence and secures jobs going forward, whilst enabling Liverpool City Council to achieve a balanced budget. The proposals secure a vital and much valued service, extending the One Stop Shop offer to more communities in our city, an
News · 9 March 2021
RESIDENTS self-isolating or shielding due to Covid are now able to call for advice free of charge. Liverpool City Council’s covid isolation advice line has now become a freephone number meaning that all calls from mobile phones and landlines are free. The new number is 0800 169 3032 and will be open from Monday to
News · 8 March 2021
COMMUNITIES across Merseyside will be able to come together online to mark Mother’s Day on Sunday with a special series of readings. Led by the Merseyside Bereavement Team, each local authority will have readings on its social media feeds on Sunday 14 March, that will give people who have lost their mothers, or mothers who
Blog · 6 March 2021
Sunday 21st March marks a once-in-a-decade moment – the 2021 Census. Why should you stand up and, quite literally, be counted? Happening every 10 years, the Census is a national survey completed by everyone resident in the UK. It asks about who lives in each household, their ages, occupations, education, country of birth and health among a wide range of
Blog · 5 March 2021
Beryl Bellew is a founding volunteer at the North Liverpool Foodbank. This month, Beryl and the team have been welcoming new volunteers and are looking ahead to – hopefully – getting back to normal. “I really didn’t think so much was involved ”, “That’s amazing”, “Can’t wait to start and be part of all this”.
News · 2 March 2021
EU NATIONALS across Liverpool are being reminded that they need to apply to the EU Settlement Scheme (EUSS) to #ProtectTheirRights. Over 5,300 EU citizens who are on the open electoral register will receive a postcard this week reminding them that they need to apply as soon as possible to the EUSS to ensure that the
News · 24 February 2021
The local NHS and Liverpool City Council are appealing to unpaid carers whose role currently isn’t recorded, to make themselves known so that they can have the Covid-19 vaccine. Anyone in Liverpool already identified as a carer in their GP records, those who receive Carer’s Allowance, or those known to Liverpool City Council or Liverpool
News · 14 February 2021
On Valentine’s Day, Liverpool City Council launches a campaign encouraging people and businesses across the city to start their new relationship with the EU. Over three months, the campaign, that has been co-created with Marketing Liverpool, Culture Liverpool and Liverpool Chamber of Commerce will support people to find out what they need to know to
News · 11 February 2021
OVER 20,000 children across Liverpool will continue to receive support next week as Liverpool City Council extends its meal voucher scheme during half-term. Liverpool City Council is using money from the government’s Covid Winter Grant Scheme to fund supermarket vouchers for families entitled to receive free school meals next week. Families will receive £15 of
News · 27 January 2021
A £1 Million pound stimulus programme has been launched to help regenerate a key area of North Liverpool in a unique partnership involving Everton Football Club and Merseyside Police.
News · 26 January 2021
Beryl Bellew is a founding volunteer at the North Liverpool Foodbank. We have been following events at the food bank over the last 12 months. Here, Beryl reflects on the impact of the third national lockdown and their busiest day of the week, Fridays. I don’t think any of us were surprised when we went
News · 25 January 2021
Liverpool City Council has received special funding to expand work to support those most at risk from COVID-19 and boost vaccine take up.
Community · 22 January 2021
As part of our 'Let's Explore' ward focus, Picton councillor Nathalie Nicholas writes for Liverpool Express about juggling her family, community and work commitments...
News · 18 January 2021
LIVERPOOL City Council is asking businesses if they can help children and young people get online and keep learning during the latest lockdown. In a new initiative – Devices and Dongles – supported by Liverpool Chamber of Commerce, businesses are being asked to donate unwanted laptops and tablets or to sponsor Wi-Fi dongles and data
News · 13 January 2021
As leaders of faith communities in Liverpool and Merseyside, we are taking very seriously our region’s extremely high infection rate and the added concern around the spread of the new variant of COVID-19. We believe that faith communities make an essential contribution to the common good – not just in the spiritual support which is
Blog · 31 December 2020
Acting Mayor, Councillor Wendy Simon, believes there is reason for optimism as we head into a brand new year.
News · 26 December 2020
Beryl Bellew is a founding volunteer at the North Liverpool Foodbank. Throughout this year Beryl and her fellow volunteers have been sharing their experiences of giving their time to this vital community service. In her final post of 2020, Beryl reflects on the past extraordinary 12 months… “Thank you so much for sitting with me
